Heavy Cold, Good Sign or Bad?

In case you've been wondering where I've been...I have a heavy cold.
I used to get runny nose, sore throat and it would be mild for a couple of weeks; this was probably the result of an over-active immune system also sending me to sleep 24/7. This is not a mild cold! Hacking cough when I speak or open the front door, nasal symptoms which are a great excuse to use my Kleenex Balsam Menthol tissues, shivers, skin aching...I could go on and on but I'll also mention the right side of my neck has swollen up since last night- it started just behind my right ear and is now in front and down my neck too.
I'm right in line for some great sympathy here aren't I?!

It is probably a good thing, my immune system is working much better, putting all the known (more effective) strategies into place to get rid of this thing as soon as possible. While my husband is a couple of days behind symptom-wise he is currently able to obey some of my requests! He'll be on the sofa or in bed in a couple of days and hopefully I'll be able to answer his beck and call!

This is probably a good sign, my body is fighting a cold properly. If I was fit enough to leave the house and cope with a walk, or a bit more exercise than 20 minutes light yoga in front of the fire, I would probably detox quicker. I'm happy to wait and see what happens, eat nourishing food, drink lots of water and just get on with enjoying some DVD box sets and favourite audio books.

What...

 is ME?
ME is dysfunction of the autonomic nervous system, the sympathetic and stress responses and the immune system. All come at once.
What we need to recreate is the correct responses by all these unconscious physical systems. The root of the nervous system is held in the brain and the spine. From there it reaches out to every part of the body.
In ME the body's stress responses are not working, it is locked in Fight, Flight or Freeze. The parasympathetic responses control the ability to relax and heal. Without this the body cannot recover and learn to live healthily again.
The immune system, again lives in the spine and can be working on overdrive or in complete denial of any foreign bodies. Both these states causes the body physical stress and of course, when the body is ill, the cognitive stress comes along too!